Craft Exam Vocabulary 1 Flashcards
IMAGE
Concrete/significant details
Image and imagination
Figures of speech
Concrete
An image that can be seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched
VOICE
Your voice Persona Irony Character voice Point of view
Diction
Can indicate the emotional coloration and attitude instead of just the identity of person or facts of the situation
Syntax
The order words are used
POINT OF VIEW
Who is standing where to watch the scene?
First person
I walked out into the rain. It was cold on my face.
Second person
Whenever the “you” pronoun is used: “Maureen was trying to write her weekly letter to Len. It was heavy going; you can’t say much in a letter.”
Third person omniscient
know any past, present, or future details, and is free to tell readers what to think or feel
Third person limited omniscient
may go into the mind of one or two characters and can observe from the outside
Third person objective
may know no more than a person observing the scene–the facts and whatever is present to the scenes
“His eyes were closed. She wore a red dress, stretched tight across her breasts. The early spring sunlight fell through the bare branches and carved hieroglyphics on the new grass.”
CHARACTER
As desire As image As voice As action As thought Presented by the author As conflict Stock and flat characters
SETTING
As the world
As a camera
As mood and symbol
As action
Mood
time and weather
mysterious in the McNeel, fearful in the Vreeland
STORY
as a journey
as a power struggle
as connection and disconnetion
